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H. H. JONES.

HAMMOGK SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED 00T.17, 1912.

Patented Oct. 7, 1913.

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HAMMOGK SUPPORT.

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T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that 'I, HARLE H. J ONES, a citizen of the 'United States, residing in 'Medford, in the county of jMiddlesex and State of 'lilassachusetts, have invented an Improvement "in *Hammock- Supports, of which the following description,inconnection with the accompanying drawings, fis a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

The present invention relates to a ham l mock support of the kind which may also;

be used to support the awning over thehammock the su )ort bein of that class which i b conslsts of a horizontal rod 'WlllCll carrles .folded into smallxcompass without removing any bolts or similar detachable fastening devices, the construction at the same time being rigid, when assembled.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hammock support embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation, partly insection, of the support shown in full lines as set up, and in dotted lines as folded; Fig. .3 is a detail showing the locking device which holds the leg in place at the end of the base; and Fig. 4 is a detail showing one end of the support in side elevation.

In accordance with the invention, the horizontal supporting rod 1, which carries the hooks 2, is adapted to be supported at opposite ends by legs 4 and 5 capable of being folded parallel to the said horizontal supporting rod, or spread at the bottom to support the same. The said supporting rod is shown as tubular and provided with engaging projections in connection with the legs, the said projections being shown as consisting of the opposite ends of a pin 3 which extends transversely through the tubular rod, and projects therefrom at opposite sides. These projections are adapted to engage with the folding legs 4 and 5, there being a pair of such legs at each end of the rod 1. The legs 4 and 5 may be of any suitable construction, and are herein shown as Specification. LettersBatent.

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tubular, the tubes being flattened at the upper ends, the flattened portions being shaped to form ears G and 7 which fit the opposite sides of the rod 1 and have openings to engage the ends of the pin 3. The lowerends of the legs 4 and 5 are provided, respectively, with pro ecting pins 8 and 9,

the pin 8 forming a permanent pivotal con nection with one end of a horizontal base member 10, while the pin 9 is adapted to enter anundercut groove 12at the opposite A similar horizontal base member is located at the opposite end, and

said members are shown as angle irons, the

horizontal part of which forms a base, while the vertical part contains the pivotal connection and the undercut slot whereby the lower :ends of the legs are connected with the base. The two legs 4 and 5 are hereinshow-n as pivotally connected together at'a point near the horizontal rod 1, preferably by means of a link 13 which is pivoted to the legs, the ends of the link constituting fulcrums around which the legs may be folded when the device is (not in use.

l/Vith the device assembled, the parts are held rigidly together by means of braces 14 and 15which extend, respectively, from the rod 1 to the legs 4 and 5, being pivotally connected with each. lVhen, therefore, the

legs are spread at the bottom, as shown in full lines Fig. 2, the ears 6 and 7 at the tops of the legs 4 and 5 are brought toward each other and into engagement with the pin 3,

and-since they are held together by means of the link 13, it is obvious that they cannot be disengaged from the said pin so long as the lower ends of the legs are held apart. In order to hold the legs apart, the base members 10 are provided with the undercut notches 12, previously mentioned, and the leg 5, which corresponds to the opposite leg at the opposite end, is held in the undercut notch by means of a locking device 16. As shown, (see Fig. 3) the said locking device consists of a latching hook pivoted at 17 to the inner side of the base member 10, and being provided with a slot 18 which fits over the projection 9 from the leg 5. When, therefore, the legs are spread, and the pro jection 9 passed into the undercut slot 12, the latching book 16 fits over the pin 9 and prevents the same from moving beyond the undercut portion, thus holding the whole device rigidly locked. The projection 9 is shown as provided with an enlarged head 90, which prevents lateral displacement.

To take down the support, the locking device is disconnected as by rocking the latching hook 16 on the pivot 17, said hook being shown as provided with a lateral eX- tension 19 so that the hook may be lifted by stepping on said projection, and the leg 5 is then free to be pulled away a sufiicient distance to be in line with the vertical portion of the slot 12, so that it can be readily disengaged from the base member 10. Said base member is then folded on the pivotal support 8 to a position parallel to the leg 4:, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, while the corresponding base member at the opposite end is similarly folded. The legs 4 and 5, and the corresponding legs at the opposite end are then brought together, with the base members between them. In this movement, the legs rock on the pivots at the ends of the links 18, so that they spread far enough at the top to become disengaged from the projections 3, and in folding the device the braces 14 and 15, as well as the legs 4 and 5, and the corresponding braces and legs at the opposite end, will all lie parallel to the horizontal rod 1, the two base members 10 lying in the same plane, and being between the legs, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2. There are no detachable nuts or thumb-screws to be separately cared for, and possibly mis laid, the entire device being held in place, when assembled, by means of the latching hooks, which are permanently secured to the base member.

The horizontal rod is provided, according to the invention, with end caps, which not only give an ornamental finish, but serve as studs to hold the gromets of an awning, if an awning is used. As herein shown (see Fig. 4) each of the caps has a disk portion 20 which covers the end of the rod 1, a tongue 21 entering the end of the rod 1, and a stud 22 at the outside. The pin 3 is shown as extending through the tongue 21, so that these parts are permanently fastened. The hammock hooks are hung from the rod 1 between the braces and the leg-supporting pin, and cannot come off the rod and be lost when the hammock support is not in use.

WVhat I claim is:

1. The combination with a horizontal rod; of a pair of legs at the end thereof; means for holding the tops of said legs secured to the rod; a base member pivotally connected with one of said legs and adapted to extend across to the other; a headed projection extending from the other leg; an undercut notch in the base member adapted to receive said projection; and means for locking said projection in said notch.

2. The combination with a horizontal rod, of a pair of legs at the end thereof, said legs being pivotally connected together near the top; means for holding said legs secured to said rod, when the lower ends of said legs 1 are spread and the upper ends brought together with the rod between; a base member pivotally connected with one of said legs; a headed pin projecting laterally from the other leg; an undercut notch in the base member adapted to receive said pin; and a hook pivotally connected to the base member and adapted to hold said pin.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARLEY I-I. JONES.

Witnesses:

PLAGIDE PoIRIER, JAs. J. MALONEY.

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